H3C LSW1FC4P0 Interface Card for S5820X-28C Ethernet Switches Command Line Interface Guide Firmware Version 9.0.7

Command Reference
Ping
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Ping
Initiates an attempt to communicate with another switch over an Ethernet network
and reports the result.
Authority None
Syntax ping [ip_address]
[host_name]
[host_address]
Keywords [host_name]
DNS host name of the switch you want to query. [host_name] is a character string
of 2–125 characters made up of one or more subdomains delimited by periods (.).
The following naming rules apply:
 Valid characters are alphanumeric characters, period (.), and hyphen (-).
 Each subdomain must be a minimum of two alphanumeric characters.
 Each subdomain must start and end with an alphanumeric character.
 A host name can end with a period (.).
[host_address]
IP address or DNS host name of the switch you want to query. Broadcast IP
addresses, such as 255.255.255.255, are not valid.
Examples The following is an example of a successful Ping command:
H3C #> ping 10.20.11.57
Ping command issued. Waiting for response...
H3C #>
Response successfully received from 10.20.11.57.
This following is an example of an unsuccessful Ping command:
H3C #> ping 10.20.11.57
Ping command issued. Waiting for response...
No response from 10.20.11.57. Unreachable.